Victor's justice and Japan's amnesia: The Tokyo war crimes trial reconsidered

East Asia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 55-84

  Chang, Maria Hsia ^a   Barker, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035782654     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-001-0017-x     Document Type: Article

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